It is increasingly acknowledged that efforts to promote victim and community safety and prevent sexual victimization can be enhanced when sexual assault victim advocates and sex offender management professionals work together toward a shared vision. Recognizing this potential, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is supporting four national organizations – the Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM), the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), the Resource Sharing Project (RSP), and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) – to partner on a novel initiative to support collaboration between sexual assault victim advocates and sex offender management professionals. This support will take the form of on-site training, technical assistance, written resources, and webinars. Please join us for the first in a series of webinars to be delivered under this national initiative. In this webinar, the presenters will provide an overview of the project and highlight the findings of needs assessments completed by national samples of representatives from the victim advocacy and sex offender treatment communities. Webinar participants will have an opportunity to:

Learn about perspectives on collaboration between these stakeholder groups;

Develop an understanding about current trends and practices;

Hear factors that support or create barriers to collaboration;

Share promising strategies they have learned and used in the field; and

Learn about project resources and next steps.

Registration is required to participate in this webinar. After your registration has been processed, you will receive instructions for joining the webinar. Click here to register. Presenters:

For inquiries regarding this webinar, please contactStevyn Fogg at sfogg@cepp.com.The webinar will begin promptly at 12:00 p.m. ESTThis project was supported by Grant #2013-TA-AX-K029 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this program are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

College and university administrators, counselors and advocates are invited to join us on January 22, 2015 for a one-day training as we bring together national Title IX expert Lindy Aldrich, Esq.* of the Victim Rights Law Center and state responders to focus on understanding and responding to sexual violence on campus.Topic highlights include: confidentiality, trauma informed investigations, Title IX for educators, and sexual assault: fact and fiction. Registration is $95 per person. Learn more about this one-day training.

In partnership with the Ms. Foundation for Women, PreventConnect is pleased to announce the third year of the #PowerInPrevention: Ending Child Sexual Abuse Web Conference Series. With the continuation of an online community to support this movement to end child sexual abuse, #PowerInPrevention transcends from a hashtag statement to the possibility of cultural change. This is the first web conference of the 2014-2015 series.The intersections of vulnerability that occur for children are often most acute when they are apart of marginalized communities. Children of migrant farmworkers are commonly at the center of these intersections because of unique pressures on them and their families. In this web conference, speakers will discuss how they utilize popular education frameworks and principles based on Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed as the basis for their work organizing and mobilizing farm worker communities around child sexual abuse prevention work.

The purpose of Lilada’s Livingroom is to inspire and equip individuals, families, organizations and communities with tools to prevent, interrupt and heal the sexual abuse of women and children; throughout the US and abroad.

Know More, Do More: 30 Days of Professional Development During NCSAM 2014

National Campus Safety Awareness Month received the unanimous support of Congress in 2008. Each September, the Clery Center partners with colleges, universities, and other organizations to offer campus safety programming and resources.

This year's theme is professional development around issues that affect campus safety at colleges and universities nationwide. The second week of the month will focus on sexual violence on campus. Check out the Clery Center for more information on free webinars and resources.

Catharsis Productions is hosting a training and you are invited! We have one question for you: Are you ready to join the Force of Awesome?

The Force of Awesome Institute is a 4.5 day anti-violence educator training program brought to you by the folks at Catharsis Productions. Our mission is to reinvigorate the training component of the anti-violence movement, imbuing it with energy, data, and skill. This institute will strengthen even the most seasoned trainer and educator.

The Force of Awesome Institute was designed to change the paradigm of prevention education and educator training programs. Its focus is on enabling educators to develop and hone both their curriculum development and analysis, and provide coaching and direction that profoundly improves their presentation delivery and ability to connect with diverse and challenging audiences. We believe that coaching and fostering analytical ability in a community of trainers to be the core of an effective train-the-trainer model, and one that has been sorely absent from our collective practice.

We are not just creating passionate orators who merely inspire; our educators will have the ability to translate their causes into purposeful, actions that may be immediately taken by their audiences. Our combined 35 years of training experience will take your skills from good to great. Join us, become a part of the Force of Awesome!

Again thanks for your interest & thanks for everything you are doing to make this world a better place!

The 2014 PCADV Conference culminates a yearlong series of events exploring the importance of the protections created by the Violence Against Women Act and celebrating the 20th anniversary of this landmark legislation.We are pleased to announce that Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards will be our keynote speaker. In 1994, as co-founder and executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Congresswoman Edwards led the effort to pass the Violence Against Women Act that was signed into law by President Clinton.Conference tracks are:Housing for Domestic Violence SurvivorsPreventing Teen Dating ViolenceCivil Custody Institute for Attorneys includeding a mandatory Pre-Conference Workshop on Oct. 8Visit the conference website for more information.

The 2014 PCADV Conference culminates a yearlong series of events exploring the importance of the protections created by the Violence Against Women Act and celebrating the 20th anniversary of this landmark legislation.We are pleased to announce that Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards will be our keynote speaker. In 1994, as co-founder and executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Congresswoman Edwards led the effort to pass the Violence Against Women Act that was signed into law by President Clinton.Conference tracks are:Housing for Domestic Violence SurvivorsPreventing Teen Dating ViolenceCivil Custody Institute for Attorneys includeding a mandatory Pre-Conference Workshop on Oct. 8Visit the conference website for more information.

The Center for Wellness Promotion at UNC Charlotte in collaboration with Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sports in Society will be hosting the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Training Institute on

January 20-22, 2015. The training is 3 days and costs $500 per person.

What is MVP?

MVP utilizes a unique bystander approach to empower all individuals to learn safe and healthy ways to confront abuse.

What are MVP Institutes?

It’s a 3 day interactive training designed for professional staff and faculty. It will provide you with the skills necessary to develop, implement and conduct MVP trainings at your institution.

Who should attend?

College and high school educators who have an interest in violence prevention and education.

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